CommonHelpSource Department · Social Determinants of Health

Start with the need. See the whole path.

Choose a social-need area to find its assessments, planning tools, guides, and directories together. If several needs overlap, use the multiple-needs section for one coordinated plan.

Choose a social-need area
01 · SDOH need area

Housing

Choose the result you need: a stability plan, homeowner support, an apartment search, a regional accessible-housing guide, or an application pathway.

How these differ: the assessments create an individualized planning draft; the apartment search looks at current public listings; the guide is a reusable regional reference; and the application catalog routes people to official application steps for both guide buildings and clearly labeled supplemental properties.

02 · SDOH need area

Utilities & energy

Start with shutoff risk, unaffordable bills, heating, cooling, water, or energy-assistance needs.

03 · SDOH need area

Food & nutrition

Use a focused assessment for immediate food access, benefits, meals, dietary access, and practical follow-up.

04 · SDOH need area

Identification & essential documents

Plan how to obtain or replace the documents needed to access housing, benefits, employment, healthcare, and other services.

05 · SDOH need area

Older adults & caregiver support

Bring home safety, meals, transportation, healthcare access, isolation, caregiver strain, benefits, and legal support into one plan.

06 · Cross-domain support

Multiple or overlapping needs

Use this section when the situation crosses several SDOH areas or when the first task is deciding what should happen first.

How assessment results label resource evidence
Verified local

A hand-checked starter plan is available for the ZIP code. Program availability and eligibility still require a call.

Automatically researched

Named organizations are matched to the ZIP code with verification-source links. Call before traveling because details change.

Referral fallback

If local research is unavailable, the result says so and provides safer statewide or national entry points instead of pretending they are local.

Decision support, not an eligibility determination: these tools help organize next steps. They do not guarantee services, replace an agency intake, or provide emergency response. Avoid entering names or other direct identifiers.

Looking for clinical reference support? Diagnostic Reference Review belongs to the Documentation Department, where its professional-use boundary is clearer.

For Case Managers & Social Workers

Built for the work you do

  • Focused needs screening in 2–5 minutes
  • Automatic resource matching by ZIP code
  • 5-step prioritized action plans, ready to share
  • Documentation language ready for case files
For Clients & Families

Clear guidance, not more confusion

  • Plain-language results that are easy to act on
  • Named programs with contact and source links when local evidence is available
  • Prioritized steps: what to do today vs. this week
  • No account required; avoid names and other direct identifiers
  • Automatically researched matches include source links and must be verified